80 search results for “palliative care” in the Student website
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Research Team Globalizing Palliative Care complete
The project officially started in September 2020, but with the enrolment of PhD students Hanum Atikasari and Shajeela Shawkat the research team of the ERC project 'Globalizing Palliative Care? A Multi-sited Ethnographic Study of Practices, Policies and Discourses of Care at the End of Life' is compl…
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Liesbeth van VlietFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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KWF funding for research on culturally sensitive palliative care
The research project 'when patients don't want to know everything: guide and training for culturally sensitive information in palliative care' investigates how healthcare providers can offer inclusive palliative care.
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an interdisciplinary approach to open information provision in palliative care
What if seriously ill patients do not want to hear their diagnosis? Does a clinician always need to provide a patient with all available information? Communication researcher Liesbeth van Vliet, medical anthropologist Annemarie Samuels and research intern Fiona Brosig will put these questions on open…
- Unfolding Finitudes: Current Ethnographies of Aging, Dying and End-of-Life Care | Online Webinar Series
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Hanum AtikasariFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Public Lecture on Palliative Care
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Palliative Care Around the World
Conference, Seminar
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Annemarie SamuelsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Caring responsibilities
Acting as a carer takes a lot of time and energy. If this causes you to fall behind in your studies or experience other difficulties, you can request support from the university.
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De Kattekop Day Care CentreWassenaarseweg 8, Leiden
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Femmie JufferFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rosalinde SpittersFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Paul VedderFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marleen GroeneveldFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Harriet VermeerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Daisy SmeetsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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God's Waiting Room: Racial Reckoning at Life's End
Lecture, Unfolding Finitudes
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Edwin de BeursFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rik SchalbroeckFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ewout SteyerbergFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Natashe Lemos Dekker awarded Distinguished Women Scientists Fund
Natashe Lemos Dekker has been awarded the Distinguished Women Scientists Fund 2021. This travel grant for female postdocs allows her to spend a period as a visiting fellow at the UCLA Department of Anthropology in the United States.
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Peter de KnijffFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Amalia Campos DelgadoFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mathijs DeenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Daniela Vicherat MattarFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Lenneke AlinkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration
High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this possible: these were the topics covered in a working visit of the Standing Committee for Education, Culture and Science (OCW) to the Association of Universities…
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Results of latest Caring Universities survey available
The Caring Universities consortium conducts a survey every year on the state of students’ mental health. Following previous surveys in 2020 and 2021, a new study was carried out in November 2022. This latest survey shows that many students still suffer from mental health problems.
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Force judges to listen to parents before placing children in care
Parents are not always heard before their children’s placement in care is extended. They can only have their say if they ask the judge for a hearing themselves. ‘It should be the other way round,’ says Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Child Law in a ‘De Nieuws BV’ broadcast.
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Careful Waiting in the Last Phase of Life: Islam, Medicine and Life-Limiting Illness in Indonesia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Language that comforts: The power of communication in healthcare
For people who are seriously ill, an empathetic doctor can make a world of difference. Psychologist Janine Westendorp examined helpful and harmful communication in the consulting room. ‘It’s very important to stress that you are always there supporting the person, even if there’s no cure.’
- Caring Universities: But how are you really doing?
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Lemos Dekker wins first Interdem Academy Publication Award
The article “Anticipating an unwanted future: euthanasia and dementia in the Netherlands” by Natashe Lemos Dekker is the winner of the first Interdem Academy Publication Award. Lemos Dekker is a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC project ‘Globalizing Palliative Care’ at Leiden Leiden of Cultural Anthropology…
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The wellbeing initiatives: 'Care about your own wellbeing'
Would you like to take a walk with a fellow student who you don’t know? That is the idea behind Walk & Talk. With this new initiative, International Studies aims to provide more opportunities for social contact.
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Statement from the Executive board: taking care of one another
The world is currently beset by many problems. The armed conflict and continuing violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories is resulting in numerous casualties. This is giving rise to many emotions and reactions worldwide, and also greatly affecting our own university community. We have seen…
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‘Pharmacogenetics will become part of patient care’
Does medicine make patients feel better or worse? We are getting better at predicting this from people’s DNA profiles, says Professor Jesse Swen. ‘It never fails to fascinate me how one DNA base pair can have such a huge effect on treatment with medication and the outcome.’
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The FSW POPcorner on caring student communities in difficult times
Social
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“Anthropological perspectives on silence and care at the end of life”
Debate, Roundtable Conversation
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Inger SchipperFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Mariëlle BruningFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Recap LUMAN Launch
On Thursday May 11, medical anthropologists from Leiden University organized a festive opening of their new network, the Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network (LUMAN). In August 2022, these Leiden-based scholars started gathering and organizing this new network with two main goals, namely to…
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Liesbeth van Vliet honoured with Heineken Young Scientists Award
Leiden health psychologist Liesbeth Van Vliet receives recognition for her research on doctor-patient communication and its influence on quality of healthcare. Van Vliet has been awarded one of four Heineken Young Scientists Award 2022 for promising young researchers working in the Netherlands.
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Care conferences for long-term forensic patients: demand greater than supply
Care conferences for long-term residents (15+ years) in forensic mental health care are widely appreciated by all parties involved. Research by Leiden University shows that the demand for these meetings is so great that the supply cannot be met within the desired time frame.
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'We are only content when everything is taken care of'
Two organisers at heart. In the background, facilities managers Nick van Asperen and Kees Schoonwater ensure that staff and students have everything they need to work and study well. Recently, the familiar faces started doing so in a new role. Schoonwater is now project manager housing and Van Asperen…
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When Hospice Isn’t a ‘Choice’: Disregard, Care and End of Life on the American Periphery
Lecture
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Caring Universities: Survey and tools for your mental well-being
Social
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Second Caring Universities research results: students are reporting more psychological issues
In June 2020, Caring Universities researched the mental health and resilience of students. This was repeated again in January 2021. The results of this second investigation show that more students are reporting psychological issues such as stress and mood swings than during the first investigation.
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Kim de JongFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen